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Show THE CITIZEN 12 monthly accounts. It is estimated that the Mutual Coal sockholders saved $150,000 on the cost of their coal during the past year. Commencing April 1; the company will again reduce its price during the summer months for the benefit of the stockholders.. Many will take advantage of the low price to store their next winters supply. New Life on Exchange Since the big ore strikes in the West Toledo and Little May, the Salt Lake Stock Exchange has become a very busy place and there is an unusual rush to do business. With the high price of metals continuing and the proper protection for silver there is every indication that there will be a big boom, not only in the mining camps, but on the Exchange as well. By this it is not meant that stocks will be unnecessarily boosted in price regardless of whether the mines on the board develop sufficiently as a safe investment, but the stocks will naturally go up as the development work d goes on and ore is found. A stock today may bring in a fortune tomorrow. Thousand of dollars have already been made on the buying and selling of stock of the West Toledo and Little May. Money is a little easier and under such conditions stocks generally hold up well. Owing to the high price of metals the mining industry is coming into its own, and if the price continues there is no reason that within the next year Utah will have any reason to complain of its mining industry. low-price- Mackenzie Proves Capable Ned Mackenzie is hitting the ball at the Salt Lake Exchange as caller and secretary. He was appointed in the place of W. H. Stenacker, the latter resigning as caller because of his election as a county commissioner. The new caller has been a worker in the brokerage business all his life, or rather ever since he left school and is thoroughly familiar with mines, mining stocks and all business pertaining thereto. That is the reason that Mackenzie is making a success as caller. The Exchange lost a good man when Stenacker left and the county got a good man when he was elected. His first home run hit will bring in a saving of from $6,000 to $8,000 per year to the taxpayers, and his friends are confident that he will keep up the good work of reducing unnecessary expenditures in the county. Old Lead Mines Opened cents a When lead jumped to 8 pound it reached a mark which it had not held since the war and the lead miners of the country are vrell pleased with the future outlook. Lead is in big demand and the market is about scuttled and it will take several years of big production to completely fulfill the supply. As a result of the present high price several of the old lead mines which have been inactive will be opened and work will be started. Larger forces will be put to work in the big lead mines in order to extract all the lead ore possible at this time when the metal commands such a high price. South American Oil Competition is keen between American and British interests for South American oil property. A British development company recently acquired 25,000 acres adjacent to its other large holdings, and near a large gusher on properties of the Venezuelan oil concessions. The Standard is prospecting extensively through the country, and in Columbia, and is securing promising areas where possible. It is evident that the future will bring a shortage of oil, and the country having the largest holdings will possess a great advantage. Every aid should be given our American explorers. They arei working not only for their own profit, but for the future welfare of every one of us. Rubber Market Advances The price of crude rubber has gone up which means that the local dealers in automobile tires, etc., will have to increase their prices, which of course are subject to the jobbers prices. Manager Ellerbeck of the Guarantee Tire & Rubber company says that while 80 per cent of the worlds rubber supply is being used in the United States, Europe absolutely controls the price, and European financiers can dictate the price we must pay, not only for our tires, but for all rubber goods. As a result of the advance in price several of the dealers have or will advance their prices in the near future, providing, however, that the present prices may remain intact if the crude rubber price falls back to the old price. Europe needs the money and it looks like we are going to pay. New Western Offices reading powers and acting and it was no wonder to those present that he was able to gather around him some of the best theatrical stars of the stage. Louis Leon Hall, John Burk, Anthony Andre, Robert Strauss all deserve high praise. Miss Olive Oliver was artistically effective in her every, appearance on the stage, as was also Virginia Bronson. Mr. Leiber expressed his gratitude to the Salt Lake theatre going public for the appreciation shown himself and company and the popular trend for Shakespeare, the greatest of all literary writers. , nity of his bearing, the clear suggestion of a grave and lofty personality. He has not proceeded far with his program before his hearers discover that they are listening to a pianist whom no technical intricacy or exaction can baffle, who is master of his instrument, his music and himself. The i tuition for the piano that has made many Russians remarkable virtuosi Mr. Rachmaninoff possesses in a high Member Federal Reserve System Inspired Musician Will Appear at the ! Per Cent on 8avings Salt Lake Tabernacle Regard this bank as your Mr. Rachmaninoff, who is coming to the Tabernacle Monday evening, February 12, is an illustrious pianist of international reputation and well known in the musical world. Within easy recollection Mr. Rachmaninoff in America was but an occasional Russian name upon concert programs the composer of sundry favorite piano pieces that even other pianists included in their recitals and of various songs that audiences heard gladly as often as appreciative singers ventured them. His fame as an illustrious pianist has spread far and wide especially in the United States, coupled with no small note as a remarkable and impressive personality among the musicians of our day. When, after much personal suffering, he took refuge in America from the disorders and oppressions in his own country, he was only vaguely remembered in the concert hall from an earlier brief and distant visit. Yet, in a few weeks, audiences were flocking to Rachmaninoffs recitals. The foremost orchestras were enhim as soloist; gaged and he wras sought as visiting conductor; while programs blossomed with his music, symphonic, choral, for the piano for the singing voice. Hardly another musician, coming here in recent years, has been so quickly, generally and variously applauded. At Mr. Rachmaninoffs concerts, before he can play a single measure, hs audiences are impressed by his sombre and stately figure, the large dig C' j i FRIEND ; Your success is of vital import-- ; ance to us because both banks and communities depend upon the success of each individual. COLUMBIA Trust Company 125 SOUTH MAIN A Few Unclaimed ;! 8T. Suits AT Exceptional Prices ng Officials of the Western Pacific Railroad company have established permanent offices at 147 South Main street, and from now on will do all business pertaining to this road at the new quarters instead of at the Hotel Utah ticket office. E. R. Jennings is general agent of the passenger department, and C. J. Huff is the general agent of the freight , department. The Western Pacific is known as the Feather River Route to California. Tailon of Quality Clolhea" 215 South Main Res. Phone Was. 7638j Office Phone 8384 Res. 555 West 1st North Furniture and Piano Moving Large and Small Auto Vans Ness Building Salt Lake City, Utah 213-1- 4 a Leiber Scores Success Fritz Leibers Shakespearean company of stars scored a big success at the Salt Lake theatre in the Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello. Capacity houses were played to with undiminished popularity for Shakespearean plays. The repertoire of the company was such which brought out favorable comment 1iom all ?ides. The stage effects, scenery and duplication of former literary- - and historical characters were all that could be asked for and every other actor of the Leiber troupe proved an artist in his line. Mr. Leiber sent thrilling tremors through the audience by his superb Beginning Now! 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